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Funding for NACAC U-23 Team

OTTAWA – Athletics Canada is pleased to announce that the team representing Canada at the 2012 NACAC under 23 Athletics Championships will be fully funded, up to 43 individuals.  “The transition from junior to senior athlete is a difficult one, with this...

Lopes-Schliep, Mason achieve standards

Gossier, Guadeloupe – After taking a year off to give birth and in her first outdoor race since the Diamond League Final in September 2010, Priscilla Lopes-Schliep of Markham, Ont., finished third in the 100-metre hurdles at the Meeting International de...

Athletics Canada nominates three marathoners

Ottawa – For the first time since 1996 Canada is sending three male marathoners to the Olympic Games.  Reid Coolsaet of Hamilton, Ont., Eric Gillis of Antigonish, N.S., and Dylan Wykes of Kingston, Ont., all dipped below Athletics Canada’s Olympic marathon...

Team for Penn Relays 2012

Athletics Canada names team for 2012 Penn Relays USA vs. the World Ottawa – Athletics Canada named today the team that will compete in the USA vs. the World competition at the 2012 Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this coming Saturday, April 28.  The...

Jim Henman launches new album

From a journey that started over 40 years ago, as one of the founding members of the Canadian Rock Group April Wine, comes a new album by Jim Henman entitled “Same Old Feeling”. The sounds of this record blend a mixture of roots, folk and blues with...